Arizona is one of the three teams in the Pac-12 South bringing in a new coach. In my opinion, it is the best hire of the three. Rich Rodriguez had great success at West Virginia with his speed option offense in the Big East...

There are some things almost everyone knows; call it common knowledge, if you will. Then, there are things that even some of the most hardcore fans don't know. How many of you Oregon Ducks fans know these little tidbits? 1...

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The Oregon Ducks will open the 2012 season against the Arkansas State Red Wolves. This is probably a huge mismatch and I have full belief that Oregon will win this probably running away, but Arkansas State won’t go away quietly...

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Since before the 2008 college football season, I have made 17 bold predictions for the upcoming season. I usually only get about half of these right, but if I got them all right, I would question my boldness...

Every year there are coaches whose jobs are safe, those whose jobs are in trouble and those in-between. Not all hot seats are equal. Some schools are willing to give a head coach more time to develop...

A year ago the Pac-10 became the Pac-12. It was a significant change for the conference. For the 2012 season, there were more changes in the naming of four new head coaches, all with interesting back stories...

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It started with the early departure of LaMichael James and only got louder with the transfer of Tra Carson, the screams that Oregon was in trouble at running back and the depth chart was getting thin...

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For the last few years I have compiled a list of random thoughts, opinions, questions, and quips about all 120 teams in the FBS level of college football. Just for fun I threw in a few extras this time...

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Since 2008, I began to make 17 bold predictions on the upcoming college football season. While I am sure I have a losing record in these, it won’t stop me from making more. Here we go with the 2011 set: 1...

It is a new era out west and what was once the Athletic Association of Western Universities has transformed to the Pacific-12 conference. Some would say it is about time the conference stepped up and plays a conference championship game...

It is a new era out west, and what was once the Athletic Association of Western Universities has transformed to the Pacific-12 conference. Some would say it is about time the conference stepped up and play a conference championship game...

The Sun Belt conference is made up of two parts, football members and non-football members. Unlike the Big East, which could really be two separate conferences due to that split, the Sun Belt could not...

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For a number of years now the MAC has been an oddity. It was the only conference that had 13 teams. This odd number made for two uneven divisions, the East with seven teams and the West with a more standard six...

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Every year in any conference with divisions the question comes up, which division is stronger? For the Pac-12, this will be the first year the question is asked. The eyeball test tells me the Pac-12 North is the stronger division heading to 2011...

Tuesday, Nov. 16 Ohio at Temple There is a three-way tie for first place in the MAC East. I do believe that if Ohio wins this game, they win the division. If the Owls win, they must still get past Miami (OH) in their next game...